Table of Contents Contents PROJECT: Determinants of Extramarital Affairs Introduction Wiederman (1997) emphasises the fact that 22.7% of married men and 11.6% of women have had extramarital sex during their marriage. Thompson (1993) identifies three determinants of extramarital affairs‚ being; gender‚ race and age. It is believed that males‚ African Americans and newly married couples‚ are most prone to extramarital affairs. Furthermore‚ Prins et.al (1999)‚ suggests that among men
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2 X E[( X X )2 ] 0) (1 0.70)2 Pr ( X 1) (0 0.70)2 Pr ( X ( 0 70)2 0 30 0 30 2 0 70 0 21 2 Y E[(Y Y )2 ] 0) (1 0.78)2 Pr (Y 1) (0 0.78)2 Pr (Y ( 0 78)2 0 22 0 222 0 78 0 1716 4 Stock/Watson - Introduction to Econometrics - Second Edition (c) Table 2.2 shows Pr ( X 0‚ Y Pr ( X 1‚ Y 1) 0 63. So XY 0) 0 15‚ Pr ( X 0‚ Y 1) 0 15‚ Pr ( X 1‚ Y 0) 0 07‚ cov (X ‚ Y ) E[( X X )(Y Y )] (0 - 0.70)(0 - 0.78) Pr( X 0‚ Y 0) (0 0 70)(1 0 78) Pr
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economies. However‚ there have been a limited number of empirical studies that attempted to investigate the issue in the context of Bangladesh. These studies on the stability of money demand in Bangladesh suffer from flaws in terms of the: (i) adopted econometric estimation techniques; (ii) choice of appropriate variables; and (iii) data coverage‚ i.e.‚ the time span. Most of the tests have employed standard regression techniques (i.e.‚ ordinary least squares (OLS)) without examining the time series properties
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relative to risk and we can obtain estimates of expected returns through the estimates of risk. (Statistically speaking‚ this is more precise as opposed to obtaining direct estimates of expected returns based on averages of past returns). The econometric formulation for testing CAPM. First of all‚ the most basic and widely used and known test is the CAPM equation; Eri= rf +bi (ERm
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Lecture Notes in Financial Econometrics (MSc course) Paul Söderlind1 1 January 2013 of St. Gallen. Address: s/bf-HSG‚ Rosenbergstrasse 52‚ CH-9000 St. Gallen‚ Switzerland. E-mail: Paul.Soderlind@unisg.ch. Document name: FinEcmtAll.TeX 1 University Contents 1 Review of Statistics 1.1 Random Variables and Distributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.2 Moments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.3 Distributions Commonly Used in Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
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Introduction It is known that Mexican trade has expanded significantly since 1983 to date. What has been the contribution of the North American Trade Agreement (NAFTA) to the expansion of Mexican trade? Has the expansion of Mexican trade contributed to the growth of the Mexican Economy? This paper investigates the historical relationship between trade and growth in Mexico‚ from 1970 to 1998. More specifically‚ it measures the importance of NAFTA on the opening of the Mexican economy. The above period
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Audit committee From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search In a U.S. publicly-traded company‚ an audit committee is an operating committee of the Board of Directors charged with oversight of financial reporting and disclosure. Committee members are drawn from members of the company ’s board of directors‚ with a Chairperson selected from among the committee members. A qualifying audit committee is required for a U.S. publicly-traded company to be listed on a stock exchange
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Concentration Ellipsoid as a Geometric Tool in Interpreting the Efficiency of Econometric Estimators Author: Preetha Rajan Supervisor: Dr. Alan J. Rogers Date of submission: 21st November‚ 2011 A dissertation submitted in part fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) in Economics‚ The University of Auckland‚ 2011. Abstract This dissertation‚ by making use of important geometric and econometric concepts such as a ‘linear manifold’‚ a ‘plane of support’‚ a ‘projection
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Introduction Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is a key component of the global capital flow that entails world economic growth through investment opportunities. As an investment tool FDI also affect the aggregated growth of the host country. FDI as a share of GDP has become the largest source of capital moving from developed nations to developing ones. FDI inflow usually involves starting new production facilities namely Greenfield investments or purchase of existing business through mergers and
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Published in Jurnal Ekonomi‚ Universitas Tarumanagara‚ Indonesia (Economic Journal‚ Tarumanagara University‚ June 2004) An Econometric Analysis of the Short Run Philips Curve: Is it still relevant in today’s context? Enrico Tanuwidjaja∗ National University of Singapore‚ Department of Economics E-mail: g0305812@nus.edu.sg May 2004 Abstract The Phillips curve is generally been estimated in a linear framework‚ which implies a constant relationship between inflation and unemployment. Lately‚ there
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